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Thiago B A Couto

@thiagobacouto.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Conservation Ecology at University of East Anglia | Aquatic ecology | Biodiversity conservation | Fish & Fisheries | The Amazon. Opinions and writing mistakes are my own. thiagocoutoblog.wordpress.com

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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · 11/09/2026
🌳Climate change impacts in the Amazon, particularly heat and drought extremes, are increasing faster than average climate trends, with especially rapid changes in the central-northern region that has so far attracted less attention than other regions. 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia - Communications Earth & Environment
Climate change impacts in the Amazon, particularly heat and drought extremes, are increasing faster than average climate trends, with especially rapid changes in the central-northern region that has s...
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our new paper led by @josbarlow.bsky.social shows extreme heatwaves and heat-driven droughts are intensifying much faster than overall averages in #Amazonia and often severe far from deforestation frontiers www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🌎 🧪☀️@ras-network.bsky.social #ClimateChange
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Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia - Communications Earth & Environment
Climate change impacts in the Amazon, particularly heat and drought extremes, are increasing faster than average climate trends, with especially rapid changes in the central-northern region that has s...
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is part of a bigger #LakeScienceLive campaign led by my institute, @ukceh.bsky.social See: lakesciencelive.ceh.ac.uk We are also promoting the role that the public can play in gathering evidence of algal blooms using the free Bloomin Algae app. 🧪 💦 🚣‍♀️
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Lake Science Live
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Natalia (Nat) Zielonka @natbzielonka.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Shamingly I’ve never considered the impacts of river crossings / infrastructure on ecosystems. This was a fascinating talk by @thiagobacouto.bsky.social about how nature and people can be reconciled through nature based solutions #conservation 🌎 🧪
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UEA CEEC @ueaceec.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🎤 We’re excited to welcome our internal & external speakers for #CEECRebellion2026 🌿 📅 18–19 March 2026 📍 ZICER 2.03, UEA Join us, next week for two days of talks, posters, and discussion. @louisemcrae.bsky.social @thiagobacouto.bsky.social @marius-somveille.bsky.social
external speakers at #CEECRebellion2026internal speakers at #CEECRebellion2026
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Thiago B A Couto @thiagobacouto.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Beautiful work led by Dr. LuLu Victoria-Lacy just got published today in @peopleandnature.bsky.social! The paper highlights the rich perspectives and explanations of fish migration held by Indigenous groups across the Amazon. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Amazonian fish migration as a social–cultural–ecological process
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile academicpositions.com/ad/universit...
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
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Monika Merkes PhD Ⓥ @monikamerkes.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
"Goodall noted that the most successful chimp leaders were gentle, caring and familial. Males that tried to rule by asserting their dominance through violence, tyranny and threat did not last." An extraordinary scientist and human. RIP Jane Goodall theconversation.com/jane-goodall...
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Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.
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Society for Freshwater Science @freshwaterscience.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
💡Have a great idea for SFS? 📆 Apply for an SFS Innovation Fund Grant by Nov 15th for funds to make it happen 🎯Projects must advance goals in the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan 🏆Awards available for 6 teams up to $5000 each (1/2)
Society for Freshwater Science adult mayfly logo in the top left corner. Next to the logo the title: Call for SFS Innovation Fund Grant Proposals. Subtitle: Have a great idea for SFS? Apply by Nov 15, 2025. Paragraph text left justified below: The Long-Range Planning Committee is requesting proposals from SFS members for projects that advance the Society’s strategic goals (see 2025-2030 SFS Strategic Plan). We anticipate supporting at least six member-led proposals of up to $5,000 each. To learn more about how to submit a proposal and view examples of prior SFS Innovation Fund awards, please see the linked Request for Proposals. Next to the paragraph is a cartoon of three people lounging with a computer and pointing to a lightbulb.
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology! Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions. (Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.) lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
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Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 06/08/2025
A baseline for assessing the ecological integrity of Western Amazon rivers ->Nature | #AmazonRiver #Water #Ecological | More info from EcoSearch
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A baseline for assessing the ecological integrity of Western Amazon rivers
The Western Amazon is distinguished by its enormous influence on distant Amazonian lowland and Atlantic coastal areas and its role as a global center of biological and cultural diversity. Yet, it is increasingly susceptible to various forces of change. Our...
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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right. Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality
Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Thousands of animal species threatened by climate change, novel analysis finds | Newsroom | Oregon State University
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Thousands of animal species threatened by climate change, novel analysis finds | Newsroom
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal kingdom.…
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Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Último dia pra se candidatar a 8 vagas conosco. Tem desde vaga para gestão de projetos até pós-doca em diversas áreas. Link do edital aqui: drive.google.com/file/d/1QFPD...
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Morpho Institute @morphoinstitute.org · 12/05/2025
#amazonrainforest #climate #biodiversity #Indigenous #conservation news.mongabay.com/2025/05/new-...
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New report reinforces critical role of Amazonian protected areas in climate fight
A new report adds to the already overwhelming case that protected areas and Indigenous territories in the Amazon Rainforest serve as a critical carbon sink. The report, based on satellite data gathere...
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Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Cientistas se prendem na copa das árvores no Pará para investigar porque algumas árvores sobrevivem e tantas outras morrem durante uma seca extrema.
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Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Atenção galera da física, do sensoriamento, da metereologia e afins: vaga de pós-doc focando na flamabilidade de florestas amazônicas, trabalhando com o @josbarlow.bsky.social, a Joice Ferreira e eu. Por favor, ajudem a divulgar 👇🔥
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Ollie Metcalf @ollie333.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#birding #ukbirding #ornithology #yorkshirebirding
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
PhD opportunity in #Ecoacoustics at MMU - come and work with us! 🌍🌎🦗🐦🌱🪶🧪 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Ecoacoustic monitoring of biodiversity in human-modified tropical forests at Manchester Metropolitan University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Ecoacoustic monitoring of biodiversity in human-modified tropical forests at Manchester Metropolitan University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Our new project with the FBA and others has hit BBC news! We are working together to investigate the status of the rare Arctic charr in Windermere: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @freshwaterbio.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social 🐟 🧪
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Windermere study to save declining rare fish species
Arctic charr numbers in Windemere in the Lake District are falling and researchers want to know why.
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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Scientists issue warning after observing alarming shift in great white sharks. 🦈 🇿🇦 The finger points toward both human & natural threats. While orcas may be targeting them, shark nets and fishers have been slaughtering great white sharks for decades. thecooldown.com/outdoors/gre...
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Scientists issue warning after observing alarming shift in great white sharks: 'We saw things happen that we'd never expect'
For years, South Africa's Seal Island was a bucket-list destination for wildlife lovers hoping to witness the breathtaking power of great white sharks.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The "great whale conveyer belt" that transports nitrogen, carbon, and biomass from high latitude feeding grounds to concentrated low latitude breeding grounds in gray, humpback, and right whales. Lovely figure by A. Boersma doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Historically, white sharks sat at the top of the food web, keeping Cape fur seals and sevengill sharks in check. Now that white sharks have disappeared… Seals & sevengills have increased in abundance. Small schooling fish & benthic sharks are declining. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Dr Lauren Smith @saltwaterlifeuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🚨New 🦈 Study Alert by Hammerschlag et al: "Evidence of cascading ecosystem effects following the loss of white sharks from False Bay, South Africa" Illustration by Kelly of the Wild / Canvas of the Wild Open-access link to study: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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InfoAmazonia @infoamazonia.org · 15/03/2025
Nos últimos 24 anos, a Amazônia perdeu 87.591 km² de áreas protegidas – o equivalente a 57 cidades de São Paulo. Um levantamento da InfoAmazonia mostra que a legislação de proteção sofreu 60 alterações. #VACBrasil #açãoclimáticajusta #voicesforjustclimateaction infoamazonia.org/2025/03/12/a...
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Amazônia perde área de unidades de conservação equivalente a 57 cidades de SP devido a mudanças na legislação
De 2000 a 2024, a região perdeu 87 mil km² dessas áreas protegidas. Levantamento da InfoAmazonia revela que legislação sobre proteção das unidades de conservação sofreu 60 alterações no período. Atualmente, sete propostas ainda tramitam no Congresso Nacional e na Justiça. Caso sejam aprovadas, poderão impactar mais 13.448 km².
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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @forestplots.bsky.social
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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...
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Suresh A. Sethi @sasethi.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Aquaculture is expanding rapidly in the Amazon, one of earth's most biodiverse ecosystems. Our new review paper in Nature Sustainability assesses opportunities and challenges for sustainable aquaculture in the Amazon. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Towards sustainable aquaculture in the Amazon - Nature Sustainability
The aquaculture sector in the Amazon is an important source of food and livelihood provision; however, it is associated with environmental and ecological risks. This Review assesses aquaculture in the...
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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Do Whale Sharks Select for Specific Environments to Give Birth? 🦑🌿🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
for #sturgeonsaturday i want to highlight the crucial research done by many scientists across north america in conserving & saving 8 sturgeon species 🧪🌎👩🏻‍🔬🌐🦑🐠 right now, conservation science is an act of resistance, and we must fight to continue to save our animals that cannot save themselves 1/
an illustration drawn by madison for a sturgeon meta review detailing the impacts of climate warming on north american sturgeon species. there is a map of north america colored by temperature and the 8 sturgeon species are drawn around the outside of the map
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Dr Manu Saunders FRES @manusaunders.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention. -With @alexanderlees.bsky.social + Eliza Grames! #CommSky 🧪🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Figure 2. Measuring changes in insect biodiversity (centre column 'Metrics' and 'Trends') can be achieved by focusing on drivers that directly or indirectly impact insect biodiversity metrics and trends (left column 'Drivers of Change'). Where data on insect populations specifically are unavailable, data from other species and ecological processes can provide inferential support for changes in insect biodiversity (right column 'Indicators of Change').
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📢✨ Join us for this year #BESAG2025 annual meeting! We are going to host the conference at #ZSL, in London (UK) @londonzoo.bsky.social , on the 15th-16th of September. Save the date and link to registration coming soon! 💧🧪🌍🌊🕸🐟🦈🦭🪼🦑
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 08/02/2025
The magnitude of the current size of the #Arctic sea ice extent anomaly is unheard of in the satellite-era record for the deep winter season months. Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent anomalies in red shading compared to each year from 1979 to 2024 using shades of purple to white for each line. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. 2025 is currently a record low. There is substantial interannual and daily variability. There is also a long-term decreasing trend.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 08/02/2025
🌊🧊📉 Global Sea Ice Area and Extent have reached an all-time daily low
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James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
Coral Reef in the Ras Mohanned Marine Park, Egypt. Credit: Alex Mustard / Ocean Image Bank
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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Human barriers are replete across the world! This paper just out in Nature Water aims to advance a more comprehensive river barrier mapping solution to support environmental management www.nature.com/articles/s44... @jjopperman.bsky.social @americanrivers.bsky.social @wwf-water.bsky.social
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Towards a comprehensive river barrier mapping solution to support environmental management - Nature Water
This Review examines methods for mapping river barriers, emphasizing the potential consequences of a lack of data on smaller barriers. It highlights the need for improved mapping approaches to support...
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Jeff Opperman @jjopperman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Culverts and sluices and weirs, oh my! New paper on how small barriers are often overlooked and unmapped but they can have major implications for system-scale connectivity of freshwater systems (authors include @oldenfish.bsky.social and @thiagobacouto.bsky.social)
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣 It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social (1/13)
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Josh Cinner @joshuacinner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
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Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coral Reef Fisheries Sustainability
A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for a PhD student within Faculty of Science to conduct social sciences-based fieldwork.
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Romina Batista @rominassbatista.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I am absolutely flattered to share our review at @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social. Lead by Dr. Camila Ribas! A collaborative/interdisciplinary work where we integrated geological, climatic, ecological and genetic evidence for the region that hosts the largest biodiversity on Earth: the Amazon! Enjoy it! 😃
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Chiara Benvenuto @cbenvenuto.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Today I read 2 amazing posts about the #Amazon! N. 1: huge tree, spotted by satellite image analyses! @lukeabrown.bsky.social @jeanboubli.bsky.social @chrisfjmeyer.bsky.social @joanachimpa.bsky.social @naiarasales.bsky.social @rominassbatista.bsky.social @cgubili.bsky.social @jonready.bsky.social
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Reynaldo Linares-Palomino @rlinares.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The power of integrating pan-Amazonian research networks: Amazon Tree Diversity Network + AmazonFish project = doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Morpho Institute @morphoinstitute.org · 14/01/2025
NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE! In partnership with Cornell Lab of Ornithology, we have several $2K mini-grants to K12 educators to join the Amazon Research Initiative for Educators July 11-21, 2025. Applications due by March 1. Learn more about ARIE here: morphoinstitute.org/arie/
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H3 @hhhansen.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Isn't it crazy how much the Mississippi River has changed in the last two centuries? Check out this graphic on sediment dynamics. #rivers
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Hydrology Paper of the Day @nearlywild.bsky.social on the interrelationship between animals, streams, and ecology: the biogeography of streams and water interactions; a model of three animal legacy effects; drivers and contexts; and the effects of humans at global and local scales.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/01/2025
It was another stunning year for global climate and weather extremes. As data is processed and released in the first two weeks of January, you are going to be hearing all about these new historical records. Apologies for my many graphs in advance! 😬 Spiral below produced by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190
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Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Análise interessante do @torturra.bsky.social no Calma Urgente dessa semana sobre o ativismo em COPs ter sido dominado por performances - pessoas que frequentam a COP pra tirar selfie e falar de si mesmo. Há um esvaziamento da pauta coletiva e uma ênfase na indiviual open.spotify.com/episode/6fyr...
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 14/12/2024
🚨 AMOC 📉 "the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation .... could be 33% weaker than its anthropogenically unperturbed state under 2 °C of global warming, which could be reached over the coming decade" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ollie Metcalf @ollie333.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our research group has a !NEW PAPER! out on soil ecoacoustics - The efficacy of acoustic indices for monitoring abundance and diversity in soil soundscapes in Ecological Indicators. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... A 🧵 on soil ecoacoustics... #science #ecology #ecoacoustics #bioacoustics
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Thiago B A Couto @thiagobacouto.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Our starter pack has grown! We are now more than 60 researchers/orgs, and there is still space for more. Who is missing? Suggestions or self-nominations are welcome 🐬 🐜 🦋 🌴 🐍🐊 🦥 🐟 🍄 🌧 🌎💧 #StarterPack #Amazônia #Amazon #Ecologia #Ecology #Conservação #Conservación #Conservation go.bsky.app/C2UgiS3
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